86 "ì- \ \ . "- I / , / ,--' W \ / / \ })Mr d't ckør.. J m tvMi /J1 /ztrI úI I , I J-b/f 41 IðwØ51 ftnA /ak ' . j, 1ÞJn!1!#n him to buy up enough Insh drygoods to stock a linen store that he opened in September, 1823, on the first floor of a two-story building at 283 Broadway, near Chambers Street. The lInen store was small (twelve feet wide and thirty feet deep), but its annual rental of three hundred and seventy-five dollars included a habit- able room upstairs. The room was big enough for two, and a couple of months after opening hIS store Stewart married. His wife was a rather plain woman, of w horn little is known beyond the fact that her last name was Clinch. (It was her brother who hecame the deputy col- lector.) During the next half-dozen years, Stewart moved his store twice, each time to larger quarters on Broad- way, just south of his first location. He must have done very well Indeed, for in 1845 he was able to raIse sixty-five thousand dollars to buy a site at 280 Broadway for his Marble Dry Goods STUDENT TOURS Palace-a site that he kept adding to until it took up the entire block from Chambers Street to Reade Street, with a frontage of more than two hundred feet on City Hall Park. The New York Mirror reported that he would soon leave "the low-browed and dingy long room In which he has amassed a for- tune." Thanks to Stewart, the Mirror added, "Shopping is to be invested with archItectural glories!" Even with the C--') . exclamation point, this turned out to be no overstatement. The long room In which Stewart had amassed a fortune was not the only low- browed and dingy establishment in the neighborhood in those days. In fact, except for CIty Hall and a few severe, granite Greek Revival structures along Wall Street, Manhattan in 1842 had no buildings of any distinction w hat- ever; to Charles Dickens, visiting New York that year, the city appeared "low, dull, straggling, ill-built." Broadway it- self was paved only as far north as the site Stewart had selected for his new store-a location that man} people considered regrettable, since it was on the unfashionable east (or, as it was then known, the "shilling") side of the street. Not long after the Mzrror first re- ported on Stewart's plans, it observed, ! less exultantly, "If the pavement in fron t is sprinkled twice a day with eau de Cologne, and Mr. Stewart doubles the price of his goods. . . it may do away with the fashionable prejudice against the promenade of the nobodies." , I N 1846, at the northern extremit} and on the wrong side of this prome- nade, Stewart opened his Marble Dry ê THE HOUSE m FTR VEL these outstanding tours EUROPE BEHIND THE SCENES By Air: May 2 - Sept. 5. Returns June 1. Oct 5 An exciting tour. Meet leading craftsmen and couturiers. If you are curious about European life as well as places, investigate this tour. Fare $1 785 EUROPE IN THE SPRING By Air: May 2. Returns by Air: June 9 See the magnificent gardens of Europe at their supreme beauty, including an eight-day cruise on the 5.5. METEOR to N. Ireland and Scotland. Fare, 39 days $1,985 THE BRUSSELS FAIR From Brussels: June 12. To London: July 14 Experienced planning and leaders make this a fine tour. The Brussels Fair is an outstanding highlight. Fare $1,095 Two months of travel with experienced lead- ers. Economical, with substantial meals and good lodging. 2 departures: June 17 from Montreal. Return Aug. 18 - $973. July 2 from New York. Return Aug. 27 - $958. Write or phone your travel agent THE HOUSE OF TRAVEL 17 E. 49th St., N. Y. 17, N. Y. · MUrray Hill 8-0185 1600 Walnut St., Philadelphia · Kingsley 6-2100 . _.)00 0( " ý --_&-..- -..nt : , _:) ., ...:-. 00:: 'tV' \- (' ^ -4l y ^'<;'^ , t .. <': .- ,'f .- >,t : . -0 , , " . "^ -< * .... . .. 1Y " ::::;.::... / . .<- .1';.... . _ . ---.'--.v_-_. ._ .-_ .,_-,-.- Ped;9t (ld61iu.t no-t p't.o-u.á. . . ...-::::;: - FriendJy Margarete Sh iff Plush Animals are a sheer delight" Pleased as Punch to romp with your child-or simply sit stiJI and lend a fetching air to your home. Never a hint of condescension p even though they're pure Old World blue blood, artist-designed and handmade in Germany. Featured at F. A. O. Schwarz, Fifth Avenue, New Y or1< City and at aU other better toy and department stores. SkJIf REALISTJC ANIMAL TOYS took -./er the button in the eor